The instructional auditor reviews school district policies, job descriptions, budget allocations, contract provisions, internal and external communications, instructional monitoring and delivery systems, elections, student characteristics, personnel characteristics, and administrative authority as these factors affect a district's instructional…

Discusses the educational and training applications of full motion video teleconferencing to maximize benefits for organizations using this technology. Electronic communication, cost control, improvement of productivity, and instructional development are among the areas considered. (JN)

Outlines some of the findings from a recent study in an urban high school exploring the principal's role in school leadership. Among 11 instructional categories, only three were clearly indentified as the principal's responsibility. This preliminary finding shows that the principal is not considered the only leadership figure in the administration…

Presents an excerpted lecture given by Fred S. Keller, who discusses the nature of personalized instruction (PSI), how MIT began, and PSI experiences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Keller also comments on the implications of MIT experiences for educational reformers and provides his views on related issues. (JN)

Lists 10 teacher evaluation guidelines culled from 10 years of "Bulletin" articles. (MD)

A study of citations in instructional development (ID) periodical literature identifies invisible colleges--groups linked by common ideas or approaches--in the ID field. Although ID literature as a whole was weakly based on previous work, this study found eight invisible colleges and 10 authors who dominate the literature. (MBR)

The author developed an instructional-design model consisting of four simple steps. The model is in a circular format, rather than the usual linear series form, so it is named the training wheel. (SSH)

Developing instructional programing priorities and planning program improvements require an understanding of how effectively program objectives are being met. A formalized process for evaluating programs has been developed at Vancouver Community College as an aid in these and other aspects of instructional planning. (SSH)

Establishes the connection between the learning theories of Robert M. Gagne and systematic patterns in scientific literature and discusses implications of this connection for instruction in library use. Twenty-four references are listed. (Author/EJS)

Agricultural educators must return to using problem solving as the way to teach, or as a profession they must be willing to accept that the program is well on its way to becoming nonvocational. (Author)

Discusses three implications for the structure of technical writing instruction from a discourse perspective. The implications are a "you-centered" writing development, a heuristic for perceiving and organizing experience in a technological society, and a pragmatic alternative to the traditional approach to composition instruction. (RL)

Argues that all subject matter, from the training technologist's point of view, is the same because it is all treated in the same way (translated into behavioral condition/action terms) and shows that no phase of instructional development depends on the technologist's having prior subject matter knowledge. (Author/JD)

Gives specific recommendations for the effective use of behavioral objectives in planning, designing, delivering, and evaluating training. (SK)

Suggests reasons why faculty members prefer the lecture method and describes a combination method of instruction that combines the features of the lecture method and personalized system of instruction. (JEG)

Describes two projects at Oregon State University that provide training to faculty in instructional development techniques. (Author)